A World Apart

by Caro Fraser (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $3.36

  Mark Mason is a successful business man with a smart wife and two sons who are about to leave the nest. He should be happy - but he's not. As his wife, Paula, embarks on a new business venture, Mark feels increasingly marginalised. It's not long before he seeks - and finds - solace in the arms of another woman. Intoxicated by new-found passion, but not wanting to hurt Paula, Mark secretly rents rooms in a house in Marylebone to carry on his affair. But Mark's double life ends almost as soon as it begins. Thrown out by Paula, Mark retreats to his rented rooms and begins to question where his unhappiness really came from. He looks for answers to questions he has never asked. What does he really want from life? Can he be happy in his old life? And will family and friends ever forgive him for seeking a world apart?

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.36

  Mark Mason lives a seemingly idyllic life, but with his sons growing up and his wife, Paula, starting a demanding new business venture, he begins to feel marginalized. Mark embarks on an affair, and intoxicated by the passion this brings to his life, rents rooms in a house in Marylebone. But before Mark can begin his double life, the affair comes to a juddering halt, and worse, Paula finds out and asks him to leave. With no-where else to go, Mark hides out in his rented rooms, and suffering a deep sense of personal crisis, turns his back on his family, business partner, friends and world in general. Can Mark work out what he wants from life? Can he find a way to return happily to his old life? And will his family and friends forgive him for his betrayal?